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This is not temporary, the NEW operator creates the memory. I pass the address to that memory back via the return type of char*. Its proper C+++, the issue, the my quesiton is, who cleans up the memory created by the NEW operator?

I found a few postings regarding this topic, but their C++ syntax was incorrect. The question really is, who owns the memory once I return the char* from the external function? All of the samples and the advanced course material always show constant values being return, but howdo I deal with variabl...

Not it was not on the CDROM, first place I checked - moving on with a different approach.

Sorry, just to clarify - I want to read all the files using a wildcard. That is, I want to read all of the abc.*.txt files at once. That allows me to add new abc.*.txt files without changing a schema defn or the job itself.

Is it possible to process files have have different column orders using a single sequential file stage? Even if both files have the columns I need, but may have more and in slightly different order? For example, I only want FIRST_NAME|LAST_NAME file 1: three columns FIRST_NAME|MIDDLE_NAME|LAST_NAME ...

I am currently using a CDC stage to generate delta files. I have noticed that our scratch area fills up during execution. We have a allocated 2GB of RAM per node, so I was hoping I might push more of the sorting that the CDC wants to do into RAM. Currently the CDC reads for flat files. If I change t...

Cool! I will report back what I find. Thank you.

I am pushing all of my jobs and compiling them with a script from my client workstation. However, if I deploy a new wrapped stage, I have to manually click on the "Generate" button in Manager. Does anyone know how to programmatically call the "Generate" functionality from a comma...

Its in their "Advanced DataStage" course material - under job design

Sorry for not answering your 2nd question, my bad. If its not shipped with the product, why does Ascential make mention of it as a method for parsing parameters? Is this a public domain routine?

This is appears to be that is necessary for v7.5.2. HTH

THAT WORKED!!! YOU ARE THE BEST.

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Client pc - xp pro sp2 (w/ current MSFT patches) Client DS v7.5x2 Server version is v.7.5.2 on AIX (according to help->about) I have read a few posts regarding this issue, but I dont understand why if I use Manager and... 1. Create a brand new project as dsadm (dstage group) 2. Create new categories...

No, it doesnt appear in the dropdown list.

The SetDSParamsFromFile routine doesnt appear in the dropdown of available before-job/after-job subroutines - can it still be used for DSEE jobs? If so, what am I missing? THX!